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E-learning Workflow Foundation for ASP NET Developers Lesson 5 (Part I)

Posted by on Tuesday, 11 August, 2009


Windows Workflow Foundation is part of the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5. Is this series of lessons we will understand how to develop a Page-flow solution using ASP.NET and Windows Workflow Foundation.In this lesson we are going to learn how to create the host application to the Pageflow Solution. In the previous lesson we created a Pageflow Service in our ASP.NET Application, in this lesson we are going to consume the Pageflow Service in our webforms. We will also understand the best practices in a web application to create a Workflow Instance using the Workflow Runtime and also how to invoke events in the workflow. We will also understand how the Manual Scheduler Service works in an ASP.NET Scenario. Technologies Used: Windows Workflow Foundation, .NET Framework 3.5, Visual Studio 2008.


E-Learning Awards 2008

Posted by on Wednesday, 5 August, 2009


Montage from the E-Learning Awards 2008 held on 6 November 2008 in London


E-learning Workflow Foundation for ASP.NET Developers – Lesson 4 (Part I)

Posted by on Monday, 3 August, 2009


Windows Workflow Foundation is part of the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5. Is this series of lessons we will understand how to develop a Page-flow solution using ASP.NET and Windows Workflow Foundation. In this lesson we are going to learn how to create a communication channel between the workflow library and the ASP.NET Application. In this lesson we are going to implement the contract that we created in the lesson 2 and with this implementation we are creating our PageflowService. This service is the responsible for managing the events pageflow events and methods called from the workflow library. In this lesson, we are also, creating a WorkflowRuntime Wrapper class. The WorkflowRuntime is the responsible for managing workflow instances and workflow services. We are going to understand how to manage the Workflow runtime in an ASP.NET application, it means, when and where to create it and where to store it. Technologies Used: Windows Workflow Foundation, .NET Framework 3.5, Visual Studio 2008.


Moodle Presentation [Version 2.0, HD]

Posted by on Wednesday, 22 July, 2009


A brief presentation of Moodle, an open source learning management system (www.moodle.org). The video is also available on vimeo.com and blip.tv You can view and download the slides that were used in this video on SlideShare: www.slideshare.net Feel free to use the video to promote Moodle in your presentations.


Exploring e-learning part 1

Posted by on Wednesday, 22 July, 2009


An interview by Brian Runciman of the British Computer Society with Clive Shepherd, Chair of the eLearning Network and Laura Overton, CEO of Towards Maturity.